Welcome to RevLeft, our collective online space!
RevLeft has chalked up more than 2.5 million posts since 2001 and is now the oldest and biggest leftist discussion board on the web. Its basis is to provide a neutral discussion platform for the whole spectrum of the radical Left. Here everyone can discuss current political trends, theory, and historical issues and more from a revolutionary perspective.
Join thousands of fellow leftists from around the world and get in touch. Register your account and start posting now!

The Curious History of Slavery in Africa

When we think of slavery, most of us think of the racially based slavery that existed in the United States and ultimately sparked a civil war. Very few Americans know that slavery was common throughout the world as well as in Africa, says Sandra E. Greene, History.

People forget about the Arab slave trade which existed long before the Atlantic slave trade. Arab slave trade affected both white people and black people, as Arabs used to sell them across their empires in the Middle East and North Africa.

“None of our republics would be anything if we weren't all together; but we have to create our own history - history of United Yugoslavia, also in the future.” ― Josip Broz Tito

People forget about the Arab slave trade which existed long before the Atlantic slave trade. Arab slave trade affected both white people and black people, as Arabs used to sell them across their empires in the Middle East and North Africa.